The butler’s pantry gives the buyer away — actually, scratch that. You can tell who this house is for the moment you see it: someone who keeps the good olive oil separate from the cooking oil, who considers a quiet Saturday afternoon in the kitchen a perfectly reasonable way to spend a weekend, and who would never mistake a three-car garage for excess. The South Burlington wraps all of that in a storybook cottage exterior of wood and stone, with enough interior warmth that even the hallways feel like somewhere you’d want to stop for a minute.
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Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 4,142
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 3.5
Floor Plan – Main Floor
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Single-story layout features a vaulted great room, butler’s pantry, barrel vault entry, den, and a master suite with walk-in closet and steam shower.
Floor Plan – Second Floor
Upper floor features two bedrooms, a library open to below, shared bath, storage, and spinet piano nook.
Fun Fact: Upper-floor libraries are genuinely uncommon in residential design. Opening this one to the space below keeps it from feeling sealed off and forgotten — you stay connected to the main living area without losing the sense that you’ve gone somewhere quieter. Houses with rooms like this tend to hold their appeal with buyers who care more about character than raw square footage.
Olive Green Sofa and Exposed Beams Set the Tone in This Open-Plan Living Space
Olive green upholstery anchors the seating area while wood ceiling beams pull your eye toward the white kitchen beyond. The carved coffee table and wrought iron dining chairs add real weight to the room without stepping on each other.
Trend Alert: Open-plan layouts that blur the line between kitchen and living room have quietly turned range hood design into a focal point decision. Stone or plaster hoods with sculptural profiles read more like furniture than appliance, and in a room this open, that distinction matters — a clunky hood at the center of everything is hard to ignore from twenty feet away.
Dining rooms carry a different kind of pressure than the rest of the house, and this one earns its place.
Mismatched Chairs and a Trestle Table Pull Off Something Most Dining Rooms Can’t
Slipcovered side chairs mix with a nailhead-trimmed host chair, all grounded by a patterned rug and a chandelier with fabric shades. Mismatched seating usually looks like an accident; here it looks like a decision, which is a much harder thing to pull off.
Farmhouse Sink and Marble Island Anchor a Kitchen Built for Long, Slow Mornings
The apron-front sink sits off-center beneath pendant lights, and the exposed ceiling beams echo the dark hardwood floors below in a way that ties the room together without any obvious effort.
Style Tip: Farmhouse sinks look best when the cabinet below is built flush to the sink face rather than recessed — it keeps the proportion honest and gives the whole run a furniture-like quality that painted cabinetry alone can’t achieve. If you’re pairing one with marble, go honed over polished so the two surfaces don’t end up competing for the same light.
Built-In Shelving Wraps the Corner and Makes Every Wall Earn Its Keep
Warm cabinetry runs floor to ceiling on two walls, with an arched leaded-glass window anchoring the built-ins at center.
Warm cabinetry runs floor to ceiling on two walls, with an arched leaded-glass window anchoring the built-ins at center.
Exposed Beams and a Sliding Glass Wall Turn This Bedroom Into Something Rare
The cathedral ceiling with diagonal wood beams keeps the room from feeling heavy despite the dark furniture, and the sliding glass door opening onto a stone courtyard pulls natural light deep into the space. That leather trunk at the foot of the bed is actual storage, not a prop. Cream curtains with a tan band ground the palette quietly — no fuss, no statement, just the right call.
Common Mistake: Ceiling fans in vaulted rooms often get mounted too close to the peak, where the airflow never reaches the bed. Position the fan at the midpoint of the slope, not the highest point. Get it wrong and you’ll run the thing constantly while barely feeling it.
Marble Counters and Arched Mirrors Give This Double Vanity Serious Staying Power
Gray marble countertops run the full length of two vanities, interrupted by a central cabinet tower with mirrored glass doors. Bronze hardware ties the faucets to the drawer pulls — a small detail that keeps the room from feeling like two separate decisions bolted together.
Try This: Mirror-front cabinet towers work harder than flat mirrors because they add storage without claiming floor space. Centering the tower between two sinks keeps the symmetry from looking accidental. And if you’re choosing hardware, bronze or oil-rubbed finishes hold up better against daily moisture than polished ones, which show water spots almost immediately.
Knotty Alder Doors and White Built-Ins Share a Room Without Fighting for Attention
The craft room doubles as a workspace, with a sewing machine on the counter, open shelving above, and a mudroom bench visible beyond the interior door. Knotty alder against painted white built-ins is a pairing that should clash on paper and somehow doesn’t.
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Stone and timber give this cottage its character from the curb, and the floor plan explains why it lives so well. The butler’s pantry sits between the kitchen and dining room, the great room opens toward outdoor living, and the den tucks near the front without interrupting anything. That kind of layout doesn’t happen by accident.
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